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The Hamptons Summer Social Season Culminates With The Hampton Classic Grand Prix Sunday

The Hamptons Summer Social Season Culminates With The Hampton Classic Grand Prix Sunday

Michael Bloomberg and Diana Taylor reigned over the Hampton Classic Grand Prix VIP tents on Sunday. Daughter Georgina Bloomberg remained at the reins. And America’s McLain Ward won the $300,000 Hampton Classic Grand Prix $300,000 prize. It’s the last hurrah of the Hamptons summer social season. Politicos, celebrities and philanthropists join the horsey set. Ladies negotiate air kisses around large brimmed hats. Donna Karan and Gabby Karan De Felice, Brooke Shields, Luann De Lesseps, Jean Shafiroff and Marty Shafiroff, Judy…

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Was your Fourth of July as busy as ours?

Was your Fourth of July as busy as ours?

How many parties did you attend on July Fourth weekend? Chances are, with Robbins Wolfe having catered 10 events that weekend, you likely attended at least one of theirs! For more than 30 years, the popular saying has been: “If you follow the Robbins Wolfe trucks, you’re going to the best parties in the Hamptons!” Three events highlighted Robbins Wolfe’s list of 10! On Friday night was Southampton Fresh Air Home’s annual American picnic for over 700 guests. Families frolicked…

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No Sleep Till Bridgehampton: A Hamptons Kickoff

No Sleep Till Bridgehampton: A Hamptons Kickoff

The social season in the Hamptons got underway last Saturday at the Bridgehampton Tennis and Surf Club. A coterie of elected officials from New York City and New York State attended a fund-raiser for Long Island’s LGBT Network. Many of them sounded ready to sink the recently announced presidential candidacy of Mayor Bill de Blasio. Asked if she planned to endorse him, Letitia James, the New York attorney general, replied (with a big grin), “no comment, no comment, no comment.”…

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Let the good times roll on: For newlyweds and their guests, <br> after-parties aren’t an afterthought

Let the good times roll on: For newlyweds and their guests,
after-parties aren’t an afterthought

After four hours of playing host to nearly 300 guests during their wedding reception, Sari and Joseph Ripepe of Long Beach could finally do their thing. Joseph Ripepe headed for a plate of chicken and waffles—and to a pool match fit for the Rat Pack—while his new wife and some of her friends and family gathered in a garden downstairs, gazing up at the stars. “I was looking for Mars and Saturn,” recalls Sari Ripepe. “I was obsessing over that…

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A Romantic Garden Wedding at Lyndhurst

A Romantic Garden Wedding at Lyndhurst

If you’re concerned it might be hard to pull off separates for the bridesmaids’ attire, let Kelsey and Matt’s wedding at Tarrytown’s Lyndhurst Castle prove how cool that look can be. The couple, who met at the University of Tampa, started dating during a summer internship in New York City. Now New Jersey residents (after a four-year stint in San Diego), the couple headed back to New York State to tie the knot. “It was really important to have our…

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